Groundbreaking Ceremony At St. Genevieve Church on Bayou Liberty

[chicogon]

Slidell, Louisiana... 5 years after Hurricane Katrina...


Groundbreaking Ceremony At St. Genevieve On Bayou Liberty - Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News, october 3, 2010

[Scarb]

 ay lamat gi post nya anhi..dli ko maka klik didto sa FB ky mahagba akong puter uhm..Thanks Fro..!

[chicogon]

Groundbreaking Ceremony On ABC News 26


St. Genevieve Church Groundbreaking Ceremony On ABC News 26

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NOLA

http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2010/10/construction_of_new_st_genevieve_catholic_church_in_bayou_liberty_community_begins_with_ceremony_on.html

[Lorenzo]

I love it!!

Congratulations to the parishioners of Slidell and the Parish of St. Genevieve!

God Is Good!

[chicogon]

St Genevieve Church On Bayou Liberty Break Ground


<i>Video courtesy of WWL Channel 4 New Orleans & ABC News 26 New Orleans</i>

<b>Construction of new St. Genevieve Catholic Church near Slidell begins with ceremony</b>

by Christine Harvey

<b><a href="http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2010/10/construction_of_new_st_genevieve_catholic_church_in_bayou_liberty_community_begins_with_ceremony_on.html">The Times Picayune</a></b>

A fluorescent orange X marks the spot where parishioners from St. Genevieve Catholic Church near Slidell will bring handfuls of dirt from home today to fill the spot where the groundbreaking for a new church will take place.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will celebrate Mass under the stately oaks on the banks of Bayou Liberty where parishioners gathered five years ago for the first Mass after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the original church, which was built in 1958, though the Chapel of St. Genevieve existed on the site from the 1800s.

After the Mass, parishioners will drop the dirt into the hole where the new church’s altar will stand to symbolize the church becoming their new parish home, said the Rev. J. Roel Lungay, St. Genevieve’s pastor. The groundbreaking and the blessing of the site will follow.

“It means a lot,” Lungay said about what the new church will mean to the parish’s 900 families. “But it makes me think about the people who didn’t live to see the church rebuilt.”

The church will take the shape of a cruciform and measure nearly 12,000 square feet, with fiber cement siding and a metal roof. It will have space for more than 500 parishioners, a sizable jump from the old church’s 350-person capacity and the 300 or so seats now available for worshippers in the church’s parish hall, where Lungay has been celebrating Mass since the storm.

The church will rise 7 feet off the ground, per the area’s new flood requirements, and an elevator will take those parishioners with special needs to the main floor. Officials at one point had hoped to build the church 11 feet high to be able to use the space underneath, but the cost became prohibitive, said Kathie Lusch, the church’s secretary and a member of the Building and Design Committee that helped to create the plan for the new church.

Mary Silva, a parishioner since 1983 when her family moved to the north shore from New Orleans, said she never felt like a true part of the church until she joined the effort to rebuild it. She said with so many parishioners original to the area, her family felt like it was on the outside looking in.

“This is giving us all a chance,” she said. “This is our church now.”

Lungay is hoping that families that left St. Genevieve after the storm will come back once the new church is built. The church lost about a third of its parishioners after the storm.

In addition, the church has been unable to offer religious education classes in the interim, though it joined with St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Slidell to provide children with the classes, and no one wants to have a wedding there, with no grand aisle to walk down, he said.

Construction is expected to take 18 months and will begin as soon as the church receives its building permit from St. Tammany Parish. The parish is waiting for the church to submit some paperwork to the parish’s Department of Environmental Services before granting the permit, said Tom Beale, a parish spokesman.

Parishioners will not be able to access the church’s boat launch during the construction period.

Officials salvaged the old church’s stained-glass windows, hand-carved Way of the Cross stations, 150-year-old baptismal font and crucifix, and will incorporate the items into the new church. The congregation also plans to restore the old church’s St. Genevieve statue.

The new church will cost $3 million, plus another $1 million to outfit the church once it’s built, Lusch said. The Archdiocese of New Orleans has set aside about $2 million for the construction, while St. Genevieve is nearing its goal of raising an additional $1.5 million.

Christine Harvey can be reached at charvey@timespicayune.com or 985.645.2853.

Reposted for information purposes only. Copyright © 2010 The Times Picayune

[Lorenzo]

Beautiful! Father, can you also show us a view of the interior of your parish? Thanks, Father Lungay.

[chicogon]

Beautiful! Father, can you also show us a view of the interior of your parish? Thanks, Father Lungay.

Hopefully next year when it's done... yuta pa tawon sa pagka karon hehehehe 

[chicogon]

Here are a few pics of the said event...

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Parishioners pouring dirt (soil) from their respective homes symbolizing that they are part of the foundation of this Church

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Celebration of Sunday Mass under the 400-year old oak trees before the breaking ground rites

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St. Genevieve Gospel Choir


Commemorative Cake at the reception

[Scarb]

makaon pod na mga roses sa cake Pads? Gimme a slice..! 

[chicogon]

makaon pod na mga roses sa cake Pads? Gimme a slice..! 

Makaon man pero nitilap ra ko kay bawal man sa ako na, bwahahaha!!! 

Nyalap!!! 

[Scarb]

Makaon man pero nitilap ra ko kay bawal man sa ako na, bwahahaha!!! 

Nyalap!!! 

Morag manugon man ko mohiwa ana sa kanindot woi hmn..

[Lorenzo]

Here are a few pics of the said event...

 

I love it!

[Lorenzo]

St. Genevieve Gospel Choir


Commemorative Cake at the reception

Hehehehe kuyawa kaajo oy! The cake and the gospel choir! What songs did they sing diay, Father?

[Bambi]

Congratulations Fr. chic and Good luck for the future endeavor!

[bol-anon quo nyur!]

Hehehehe kuyawa kaajo oy! The cake and the gospel choir! What songs did they sing diay, Father?

Dong Loren'z, duda koh ang ilang gikanta anih is "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS" New Orleans SAINT'S

[Lorenzo]

Dong Loren'z, duda koh ang ilang gikanta anih is "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS" New Orleans SAINT'S

hehehe mao bitaw no? Nag feel nako ang ilang jive 

[islander]

wow!

the 3 r's on the cake are impressive.

[Mulligan]

Aha, kinsa ba intawon elubong ninyo Padz !!!   Hehe.    

Tan-aw nako ikaw ang pinaka guapo ug macho diha.  Ug masuko ka, tinuod siguro.  Ug mokatawa ka, giganahan ka ba ?    


Bitaw, nice to see you taking part of the ceremony.  Kudos !!!  Mabuhay ang Pinoy !!!  

[Lorenzo]

hahaha , Bedo, lipay kaajo si Father Lungay sa picture no? I must say, it was a beautiful day...

Beautiful Day, jud.

[Mulligan]

Lage bai Bran.  Probably the only pinoy and true blue bol-anon    in the crowd. hehe  

hahaha , Bedo, lipay kaajo si Father Lungay sa picture no? I must say, it was a beautiful day...

Beautiful Day, jud.

[Lorenzo]

ooo bitaw Bai Bedo! Ka gwapo kaajo ning Bolanon da!
Buutan kaajo raba na sija, Bai Bedo...as in...
A very very Good Man.

[chicogon]

It came out today on Times Picayune (Slidell Picayune Section), dated October 7, 2010:

[Scarb]

 oh je mo klik unta kog "like" whoaa..! 

[chicogon]

11 years ago today :-)